Anarchy of production

The anarchy of production is a thesis of Marxism that in capitalism the irregularity and confusion of the relations of production are systematic problems.

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As a result of private ownership of the means of production , each owner decides what and how much to produce. As a result, the control of production is subject to arbitrariness in the market and economic problems arise. The consequences are underutilization and waste of capital , wasted work and the destruction of products, as well as unemployment and economic crises .

Attempts to fight anarchy through better organization, such as cartels or monopoly capitalism , are doomed to failure because they intensify the anarchy of production. As a consequence, the Marxists demand a central administration economy.

Ernest Mandel formulates that the “private appropriation of the social surplus product” determines “the anarchic character of capitalist production”.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Walter Reese-Schäfer : Classics of the history of political ideas: From Plato to Marx. Oldenburg 2011 p. 194
2. ^ Günter Könke: Organized Capitalism, Social Democracy and the State. Steiner 1987 p. 54
3. ↑ Ernest Mandel: Marxist Economic Theory Volume I, Frankfurt am Main 1972, p. 202 (emphasis in the original).